Monthly Archives: August 2014

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The annual European Day of Jewish Culture is just around the corner. This year the cross-border event takes place September 14. The theme this year is “Women in Judaism.” Hundreds of events and initiatives are planned in: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia … Continue reading →

The Jewish Cemetery in Rácalmás, Hungary has undergone restoration work with state funding, continuing work begun last year. According to an August 27 government press release, restoration work to the lower part of the cemetery was carried out with … Continue reading →

Volunteers have been working this week to clear the ruins of the Great Synagogue in Krynki, in eastern Poland, of vegetation and detritus. It’s part of a project that also includes an open-air art installation by the sculptor Miroslaw … Continue reading →

If anyone has heard anything about Jewish culture festivals in Poland, it is probably about the huge and by now venerable Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, which began in 1988 and is now one of the standout attractions of the … Continue reading →

Often we think of Jewish built heritage in terms of synagogue buildings, mikvaot, Jewish cemeteries, and other sites with religious association. Or Holocaust memorial sites, former ghettos and Jewish quarters, Jewish schools, rabbis’ houses, and the like. Clean-up operations for such … Continue reading →

We are delighted that NBC News features a lengthy profile of Jan Jagielski, longtime friend and one of the true pioneers of Jewish heritage research and documentation in Poland. Jan has received many well-deserved honors for his work. Among his … Continue reading →

Several ceremonies are scheduled in Poland in the next couple of months, at the conclusion of restoration or commemorative projects at Jewish cemeteries overseen by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ): August 27 – Serock, near … Continue reading →

Feliks (Wolf) Karpman, who long took care of the Jewish cemetery in Góra Kalwaria, Poland, has died, aged 87. Karpman, who was born on November 29, 1926, was one of the few Jews from the town to survive the Holocaust … Continue reading →

There’s still time to submit to this conference — deadline has been extended til August 29. Tracing Topographies: Revisiting the Concentration Camps Seventy Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz Jewish Museum in London January 6-8 2015. Formerly locations of abject horror, … Continue reading →

This workshop aims to establish the Jewish country house both as a focus for scholarly research and as a site of European memory. By focusing on a hitherto unidentified group of country houses – those that were owned, renewed and … Continue reading →

This workshop aims to establish the Jewish country house both as a focus for scholarly research and as a site of European memory. By focusing on a hitherto unidentified group of country houses – those that were owned, renewed and … Continue reading →

The next edition of the Advanced Curatorial Education Programme will take place in Frankfurt (DE) in April 2018. The programme will have a special focus on Judaica collections that were created in the second half of the 19th century and up … Continue reading →

Barbara Cohen, ASID, President of the Schuylkill River Heritage Center, will trace the history of the Jewish people through the architecture of synagogues and discuss the many stylistic adaptations synagogues adopted in relation to the place, time, and world events … Continue reading →

The XIth conference of the European Association for Jewish Studies will take place in Krakow. The theme of this year’s conference is Searching for Roots of Jewish Traditions. The Congress is organized by the Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University in … Continue reading →